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Ask yourself some tough questions before you begin! This series isn't just for landscapers and gardeners starting out: it's also a refresher for existing businesses. Welcome to the first section of my course - How to start and run a garden and…
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"Hi Adrian, I'm sure its quite possible that some of the equipment they produce is of good quality, but my concern, and I'm sure that of others would be regarding the availability of spares for the machines when, under commerical strain, they inevita…"

"I've tended to leave my insurance as it is when the "automatic renewal" comes through...... the lazy option really but assumed the insurer, Directline, was thoroughly trustworthy! Renewal just came through for our Skoda..... up from £250 to £350 whi…"

"I'm not in a low-risk postcode, Paul.
I think a lot of it is my age (48), long no-claims (about 15 years I guess) and no convictions (touch wood). I don't have any of the extra gimicks on it either.I'm the only driver, which makes a difference as we…"

Having been a gardner for 21 years and used all makes of gardening equipment a year a go i decided to invest in 2 weibang lawn mowers and they are the best mowers i have ever had , working in both dry and wet weather with excellent bag filling and v…

"Blimey £220!! We currently run 2 vans with insurance coming in about £700 per vehicle for myself and 2 named drivers all with clean licenses and full no claims with me having been driving since the beginning of time !
The price of city living I supp…"

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Having been a gardner for 21 years and used all makes of gardening equipment a year a go i decided to invest in 2 weibang lawn mowers and they are the best mowers i have ever had , working in both dry and wet weather with excellent bag filling and…

Just a follow up on the recent threads about van insurance, maybe this is of use to someone!
My renewal from Commercial Vehical Direct came through. £437 with Ageus. Doing a quick "compare" search I came up with lots of cheaper options.Calling CVD,…

Check out this article
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/11776595/Life-as-a-gardener-Would-you-swap-your-desk-for-muddy-boots.html
How do you persuade school leavers that horticulture is a career worth getting out of bed for? That’s the challenge…

I am on the tools for 10 hours of the day, I then visit customers in the evening or Saturdays for pricing. I have a team of four men so as you can imagine there's a lot of work covered in a day, let alone a week.
I do not want to come off the tools…